The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25

on tnaI GROUND tn8t Tue CIAr Wao HuScESo
to embarking in war.
THE Duchess Of Otranto committed sui.
eide at Paris recently by blowing her brains
out with revolver. She was overwrcught
with grief ut the death of her husband.
FOO-CHoo-FoO advlces announce the fail
ure of the Hong Kong Chinese bank. When
the fact was made known crowd OF ma
tive creditors stormed the bank and COM
pletely ransacked and destroyed every
thing In the building.
A DISASTROUS explosion Of dynamite oc-
Cured recently IN stone quarry ut Lob
ositz, Bohemia. All the men in the quarry
at the time were blown to pieces.
AN outbreak of striking miners being
feared, extra troops were sent to Mons and
Belgium.
HERR SPITzER, the great Austrian mathe-
was found dead in bed in Vienna
recently.
ARRESTS continue at st. Petersburg.
Among those taken into custody are forty
eight nihilists. The police authorities at
St. Petersburg desire the Car to remain at
The Italian Government has recalled
Gene, the commander of the Italians at
Massowah, disappearing his course in CIV
ing the Abyssinans 1000 rifles in exchange
for the captives in the hands Of Kasaloula.
THE Canadian Government has decided
to send an exploratory expedition to Hud-
sons bay this summer to ascertain whether
it is navigable or not.
THE Indian Government intends tostatiOn
a force on the frontier in tho Pishin district
to morally support the Ameer Of Afghanis-
tan.
QUEEN VICTORIA has sent telegram to
the Car congratulating him upon his es-
cape from assassination. The Prince OF
Wales visited the Russian ambassador at
London for the same purpose.
THE vinegar manufacturers west Of tho
Mississippi have formed pool.
A wHALE-the third within two weeks
has been captured of Long Island.
SEVEN hundred architectural iron work.
crs of Cincinnati and Covington, KY, struck
recently for nine hours work at the pres
cnt wages.
EIGHT new Cardinals, among them Arch
bishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, were hated
at a consistory held in Rome on the 18th.
TIE German steamer Rata, bound for
the Sandwich islands, burned at sea Feb
ruary ID The crew were supposed to be
lost.
IL consequence of the duty recently
placed on corn imported into France, the
bakers Of Nantes have raised the price OF
o six pound loaf Of bread q penny.
THE recent plot to murder the Gar has
been laid at the door of the noted nihilist
Degaien, who escaped from Siberia, to
which place he had been sent for completely
in the murder Of Sudeikin, chief of police
of st. Petersburg.
The long-talked-of sale Of the Baltimore
4 Ohio railroad was completed on the 18th.
The Hamilton & DaytOa Railroad Company
purchased the property.
MATHEsoN II Co., Of London, have offered
for public subscription SIC, 5O0, 600 worth OF
six per cent. gold bonds of the denomina-
ton Of 81, 900 each Of the Mexican National
Railway Company at ninety-two per cent.
FATHER KELLEHER, who was arrested in
Ireland for acting as trustee under the
''plan of campaign" received an ovation
on being taken to Dublin to answer the
charge.
Two girls, students, are reported to have
been floggcd to insensibility for their con-
nection with the nihilist conspiracy to as
sassinate the Gar.
TEE LATEST.
Il. s. Garfield, reporter for the San An
tonic Express, was recently elected from
the Texas House Of Representatives by or
der of the Speaker. Garfield then had the
Speaker arrested for assault. The end was
the arres: of Garfield by order Of the
House, when he was committed to Jail for
forty-elght hours for contempt. The JUS
tice before whom the Speaker was taken
was also arrested, the House being very IN
diOnnnf n,nfinn
THE steamer Idlewild cOllided with and
sank the schooner A. W. Thompson OIL
Winfield, L. l., recently. Three lives were
lost.
THERE was decrease of Sc in the New
York clearing house returns for week ended
March ~. Other cities in the country
showed satisfactory increases.
THE town Of Chautauqua, N. Y, was on
fire on the night Of the aOth, with few hopes
of saving much Of the place.
THERE was a panic in the St. Nicholas
Hotel at Decatur, ILL, the other night,
caused by an accidental blaze. No great
harm was done.
The negro miners imported into Grape
Creek, ILL.,, to take the places of strikers
have also quit work because refused three
cents per busheL They had previously OBJ
tanned months provisions on credit.
TEN Mormons sent to the Detroit house
Of correction from Idaho ON cumulative SEN
fences have been released under the Su-
preme Court ruling.
OVER 2OO Chinese gamblers were ar.
rested in Philadelphia on the night Of the
Goth.
Mr.. SELTGNAN, one Of the great New
York banking firm. accidentally discharged
pistol the other day while showing it to- a
friend at st. Augustine, Fla. but was not
injured. There was q report that he had
attempted suicide.
IT Is stated that two more Russian OH.
GERS were hanged at the st. Petersburg
barracks recently.
The Grand Central Theater, Troy, n. Y,
burst into flames early on the morning of
the 2lst. Another fire broke out soon after
in large store house on State street The
damage was expected TO be large.
RIOTs at Father Kolasinskl's church at
Detroit, Mich, again took place on the 10th,
the attempt to reopen the church with q
new priest being frustrated by the disturb
ances. Several policemen were injured; a
few Poles were also hurt. The church has
for some months been the scene Of disorder
consequent upon the deposition of Father
Kolasinski By Bishop Borgess..
WALTER RIDGELEY, wealthy farmer
living near Texarkana, Ark, . few weeks
ago killed two ferrymen who were attempt
ing his murder. A few days since he was
wayiaid by two relatives Of the ferrymen
and shot at. His horse was killed and he
laid quiet until his assailants came up tc
sec the CORPSE" when he shot and killed
them both.
Tue second trial Of John ". Lauer, of
Omaha, Neb, for shooting his wife, whom
he alleged he mistook for q burglar, re-
suited in verdict Of acquittaL